NCT - circa 14 weeks

I've been trying to get this photo to load for ages and it finally has. Hurrah! From left to right are George, Daisy, Rafferty, Eleanor and Archie. So cute!

Happy bank holiday Monday!

The sun's come out! Daisy is celebrating by wearing a hat and I'm celebrating by doing a bbq lunch. Better get out there quick before it starts raining. Again.

I'm back! The weather stayed good for the bbq and we've just been to the park where Daisy had a great time on the swings.

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Big day for Thomas

It was Thomas's christening yesterday which was a great day. He did really well and didn't even cry when the water was poured over his head. Well done Thomas! It was a big day for Daisy as it was her first proper party and there were lots of older kids there. She was particulary taken with the bigger girls and got very excited when she was allowed to play on the bouncey castle with them. I thought she might cry being bounced around and dragged from one kid to another but she loved it. They were excited to have a little baby to play with too.

The top photo is taken with Toby. Daisy is clearly pointing to him and saying 'who's this muppet'. The middle photo is with Chris and the star of the day, Thomas. The bottom photo is playing in the ball pool with the girls.

We stayed late but Daisy was a brave soldier and stuck to her routine despite having a bath in an unfamiliar bathroom and being put to sleep for the night in her pram rather than cot. Excellent work.

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Hello Isabella!

Stupid photo upload not working again. Grrrrr.

Daisy, Julia and I had a girl's day out yesterday. We went to Wimbledon to see The Da Vinci Code then went out for lunch and did a bit of shopping. Daisy's eyes were as big as saucers for her first movie going experience. She watched the first 45 minutes then slept in her car seat for an hour and a half. What a good girl! The Wimbledon Odeon does parent and baby screenings every Wednesday morning which is great.

Daisy is keeping up the good work with regards to the thumb sucking. She splays the rest of her fingers over her face which looks a bit like the creature in Alien but it's better than her looking like Hannibal Lector with a dummy I suppose!

I'm very happy today as Anna and Marco called this morning with the news of the safe arrival of their daughter, Isabella, at Nelson Hospital. Congratulations to them! Lucky I'm in such a good mood as Daisy certainly isn't. She's definitely been hit with the grumpy stick. She had her final lot of injections on Tuesday so I'm wondering if it is a delayed reaction to that. She's having her afternoon nap now so I'm hoping she will wake up from that feeling a bit better. Not likely...

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Big thumbs up

Big event for Daisy today. She spends a lot of time sucking her hands and fingers but for the first time today she properly found her thumb and fell asleep sucking it. I'm thrilled as it's a top way of her being able to settle herself. Of course, if it's still firmly jammed in her mouth when she's seven the thrill will probably have worn off.

The posts have been a bit sparse lately not due to me being slack but because the photo upload function has been really hit and miss. As it's working today I've put on three photos to catch up a bit.

The first one is last weekend and shows Daisy snogging the face off her friend Geoffrey. She loves Geoffrey and as a result he has a constantly soggy snout. Yick!

The second photo is yesterday. She's flying just like her Uncle Oliver (minus the plane).

The third shot is this morning. As you can see, she's sitting up like a big girl and holding up her fingers to show how many months old she will be this Saturday.

The rest of the weekend was quiet. Carlene and Dave visited yesterday. The weather is curtailing doing much as it's still rubbish. According the the forecast it's meant to be bad all week. Wail!

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Oh no!

Here's Daisy reacting to Arsenal's Champion League final loss. The shock!

We've just returned from lunch at Mildred's. Yum. After lunch we did some shopping. Oxford Street on a Saturday is never much fun but with a buggy it's a nightmare. Luckily Daisy was oblivious to the carnage and even managed to fall asleep in Baby Gap. Tut tut, sleeping on the job!

The weather has been proper rubbish for days so we spent most of the latter part of the week at home although we did schlep down to Northcote Road on Friday afternoon for coffee with Julia.

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Yay!

Photo upload is go! Here is Daisy laughing with (at?) Grandma Julia.

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